Grain-dividing attachment for harvesters.



G. C. LEINEWEBER. GRAIN DIVIDING ATTACHMENT FOR HARVESTERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1911.

1,025,753 v Patented'May 7,1912.

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CHARLES C.

LE-INEWEBEB, 0F FIRTH, NEBRASKA.

GRAIN-DIVIDING ATTACHMENT FOR HARVESTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1912.

Application filed May 4, 1911. Serial No. 625,036.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES C. LEINE- WEBER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Firth, in the county ofLancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Grain- Dividing Attachments for Harvesters; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to grain dividers for harvesting machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed andeflicient divider so connected to the harvester as to divide and throwthe grain divided in opposite directions on either side of the path ofthe drive wheel of the harvester.

Vith this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portionof a harvester showing this improved attachment applied; Fig. 2 is aside elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the attachmentdetached.

In the embodiment illustrated, a frame 1 of the harvester is shown inwhich the usual drive or master wheel 2 is mounted. The sickle bar 3 isconnected by the usual transversely arranged pitman 1 to the sickleshaft 5. p

This improved divider comprises a plate 6 of any suitable material whichis secured to the frame 1 in horizontal positionin front of the masterwheel 2 and tapers toward its front end to a point 7. This point 7 ispivotally connected to a suitable supporting brace, here shown in theform of a V-shaped member 8, the apex of which is bent laterally andpivoted to the polnt of the tapered plate 6. This V-shaped member 8inclines upwardly and rearwardly and the free ends of the diverging armsthereof are fixed to the machine frame in a plane above the plate 6. Asupporting member 9 is pivotally connected at one end to the frame 1 ina plane between the diverging arms of the member 8, and the other end 10thereof is loosely connected to the plate From the foregoing descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction andoperation of the invention will be readily understood without requiringa more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in theappended claims.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A grain dividing attachment for harvesting machines comprising asubstantially triangular member adapted to be mounted adjacent to and inadvance of the driving wheel of the machine with its apex extendingforwardly, a brace pivotally connected at one end to the apex of saidmember, means for connecting the rear end of said triangular member tothe frame of the machine to which it is to be applied and means forconnecting said triangular member to the sickle bar of the machine.

2. A grain dividing attachment for harvesting machines comprising apointed member adapted to be mounted adjacent to and in advance of thedrive wheel of a machine, upwardly and rearwardly inclined brace barspivotally connected at their lower ends to the front end of said pointedmember, and means for connecting said pointed member to the sickle barof the machine to provide for the lateral oscillation of said member.

3. A grain dividing attachment for harvesting machines comprising apointed member adapted to be mounted adjacent to and in advance of thedrive wheel of a machine, upwardly and rearwardly inclined brace barspivotally connected at one end to the front end of said pointed member,a member pivotally connected to said pointed member near its rear end.

4. The combination with a harvesting machlne having a drlve Wheel and areclprocating sickle bar, of a grain dividing attachment comprising apointed member arranged in advance of said drive wheel, an upwardly andrearwardly inclined brace member pivotally connected at one end withsaid pointed member, and rigidly attached at its other end to saidmachine, a supporting member pivotally connected with said pointedmember and secured to the machine frame, and a pitman connected at oneend to said sickle bar and at its other end to said supporting memberwhereby a laterally oscillating motion is imparted to said 15 pointedmember.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES C. LEINEWEBER.

\Vitnesses F. B. DRAPER, SALLIE PINNEO.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O.

